Month: June 2016

Among the factors dissuading Nepalis from working in Malaysia is widespread harassment and robberies by locals After getting his boarding pass for a Kathmandu-bound plane, Basanta Basnet, 22, looked relaxed at Kuala Lumpur airport last week. He was going home after four years in Malaysia. When asked if he plans to return, he replied firmly: […]

Private manpower recruitment agencies claim that migration costs will be around 2,00,000 Bangladeshi Taka when the Malaysian market opens. Recruitment agencies told Ekattor TV that they have paid bribes every step of the recruitment process from Malaysia to Bangladesh. But the Bangladeshi government maintains that the cost of recruitment will be less than 80,000 Taka. […]

The 2014 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit took an initiative on the issue of migrant labour. It sought to ensure safety, security, and wellbeing of their migrant workers in the destination countries outside the SAARC region. This was to be done with the help of international bodies such as the International Labour […]

Kodaikanal hill station in Tamil Nadu, Southern India had been thronged by tourists in the summer season. During the season, thousands of labourers including taxi drivers, hawkers and tourist guides work in Kadaikanal earning well. But this year, the hill station faced steep downfall in the number of tourists due to the heatwave. As a […]

The “free visa free ticket” policy in Nepal should be an eye opener for India. Though India is a matured democracy and the fastest developing economy, Indian labors who are migrating abroad have been perilously exploited by travel agents. At this juncture India should follow “Free Visa free Ticket” policy of Nepal. (News in Malayalam language broadcast in […]